I buy a lot of 1:400 scale models but although I live in NZ I buy very few from New Zealand or Australia. Very rarely are they price competitive with China or the USA (even on shipping in the case of Australia). So it was a great pleasure to discover a new Australian source who has some rare models for sale at his eBay store.

My four purchases were all of relatively obscure 1:400 scale models from 3 different manufacturers

Tom Russell runs Hobby Club Australia as an eBay store which can be found here. Currently he has over 1,000 models for sale in a variety of scales and from all the major manufacturers. Admittedly some of the prices are a little higher than I'd usually pay but the store offers "Best Offer" capability on pretty much all its models and Tom is up for a deal, especially if you're buying multiple models.

Postage from Australia to New Zealand for the four models was a decent AUD$25 and I was pleased to find 4 such obscure and hard to get models at all. Tom's service and packing were great and I'm very happy to have found a new place to visit closer to home.

I can recommend checking out his store to find some interesting models and great service.

By the way I should point out Tom didn't ask me for this post and in no way paid me or supplied me free models to do it. I'm just glad to be able to help out a business doing a good job.